Ok folks, here we go then! First draft and I hope y'all love it ...but let me know yeah?
And just for the record...I do not own or claim any ownership to Strawberry Panic or it's associated characters! But hell, I wish I did! Love those girls!
'Inescapable'
Chapter 1.
'Realization'
It is autumn, a beautiful day shines down upon Astraea hill. The birds are singing and there is hardly a cloud in the sky. The water on the lake is of the purest azure, even the wind in the trees seems to laugh as it blows the leaves to and fro. In the midst of all this tranquillity, a lone figure bursts from the doors of St Miator's academy with an audible 'CRASH!' as the doors are flung asunder! She takes off at an alarming pace, silver hair flying wildly as she puts all her effort into the run, 'I will not see this happen again!' she almost screams, as the sweat begins to bead on her forehead. The trees are streaking past now as she approaches the cathedral and takes a very hard left towards the dormitories. She stumbles, catching her ankle... 'Aaaah! Christ!' Clearly in pain, she hovers for a split second... and then she's off again. Head down, mind filling with traumatic images from her past, ghosts, if you will.
'Have her parents been notified?' It is the voice of the sister. There are several people in the room, a dorm room. 'They cannot be reached.' comes the reply, hushed and broken from another sensei. 'We must let the other students know, it is only right', even the sisters voice is clotted, unable to secure its usual dignity and possession.
A doctor leans upwards from the crumpled, pale, figure laying in the bed and shakes his head slowly,' She just doesn't have the fight left in her', he says, 'I've never seen it before in one so young... it's like she's...' , his voice trails off, unable to reassure or make any sense of what's happening.
A soft moan escapes the lips of the girl as the sweat pours from her and she tries to move, against all the odds. A moment of lucidity grapples with her and then wraps its arms around her...
'...Tamao chan?'
The long standing guardian of her welfare and best friend drops to her knees next to the bed, shaking, and trying desperately not to show it...
'...Nagisa chan...' Tamao has nowhere to go, this is all she has...
'Is Shi... is Shi...' She erupts into a fit of coughing, leaving flecks of blood, glistening, on her lips. The cough is savage, taking everything she has from her. Seconds later, she passes back into unconsciousness.
Tamao sobs softly by her bedside as Nagisa's small frame spasms of its own accord. She cannot do anything and she knows it. Quietly, holding her hand and with her eyes pressed tightly shut, Tamao whispers a prayer as the tears roll slowly down her cheeks.
Okay guys, that's my first attempt, more in the wings but you gotta like it huh? Let me know!
